GEAR REVIEW
BEARD RESOLUXE™ | Bruce Adolph
KEY FEATURES
• Solid Body Resonator’s Unique Tones
• Dual Pick-up System (Lollar &
Fishman)
• Handcrafted in the U.S.A.
• Split Signal Stereo out
look at it! This is not your average electric guitar. the quality of available resonator guitars and
This guitar has a mission to it. It is meant to focused his skills on design and construction
add colors and tones to your music that most of a next generation instrument, a guitar that
guitars can’t touch. When played correctly an would take advantage of new technologies and
electric resonator guitar emotes a musical vibe techniques while honoring the tradition of the
that can only be described as the equivalent Dopyera family (who first introduced Dobros
to watching steam rising from the swamps of back in 1929).
Louisiana. It has an Americana twang to it and
a bluesy rasp. And then when you pick up a Paul’s building skills continued to grow with
Publisher’s disclaimer: I have tried for the last slide in your left hand (ceramic, steel or glass), many successes along the way. Beard Guitars
three years at the NAMM Convention to get this the musical experience takes on a whole new is a small shop in Maryland (just seven luthiers
Resoluxe solid body guitar! I have walked into character. Wow! counting Paul) that pays great attention to
detail. Once you pick up this Resoluxe guitar -
Beard’s exhibit booth and seen the “Sold” sign
on the instrument too many times. This year I So first of all – who is Beard Guitars? Paul Beard you know you have quite a musical tool in your
went to the booth early and well… ‘the early was fresh out of school with degrees in Aviation hands.
bird gets the worm!’ A few days later I flew Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering but home to Seattle with it. he had a keen interest in resonator guitars. Let’s talk specs… The Resoluxe is a single
Supported by family and friends, he began cutaway body shape. The body and neck are
So why was I so enamored with this Resoluxe his musical career as a teacher, stringed solid mahogany. It comes standard with a
electric resonator guitar? instrument technician and performer. As a Beard 9.5" hand spun biscuit cone and Fishman
Several reasons… let’s dive in. First of all - just road musician, he became dissatisfied with Nashville Biscuit bridge pickup, coupled with a
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